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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 “(A)Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,
“Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
3 (B)What advantage does a person have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the (C)earth [a]remains forever.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:4 Lit stands
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New International Version
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
New King James Version
3 (C)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he [b]toils under the sun?
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(D)But the earth abides forever.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
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